At present no image of this war memorial is available for online display. If you have a photograph of this war memorial, please upload it via our image upload form for inclusion on the Register. The image will be credited to yourself and free for reuse for non-commercial purposes by others under the IWM Non Commercial Licence.
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dudley
- Town
- Oldswinford
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 48094
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
ST Marys Church
Rectory Road
Oldswinford
Dudley
West Midlands
DY8 1HA
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 90800 83180
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oval marble tablet with the regimental badge in the centre
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN GRAHAM PEARSON/ OF BURNIG, TASMANIA, GRANDSON OF GEORGE/ PEARSON ESQUIRE OF THORN HILL IN THIS PARISH/ STRETCHER BEARER 3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ALBERT, FRANCE 25TH AUG 1918/ AGED 31 YEARS. HE RESTS AT HEATH BRITISH/ CEMETERY FRANCE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Pearson, John Graham
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Pamphlet: Peacock, Roy. the memorials of the Great War at St Marys Old Swinford, Stourbridge ,(2001) Marlborough Print, 43 Cradley Road Cradley Heath. P 4
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-48094
For queries, please contact [email protected].